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Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. (ASA) develops and markets aviation supplies, software, and books for pilots, flight instructors, flight engineers, airline professionals, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, aviation technicians and enthusiasts. Established in 1947, ASA also provides ...
A unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter. A micrometer is also called a micron.
Industry:Aviation
A unit of length in the English system of measurement. One yard is equal to 36 inches, three feet, or 0.9144 meter.
Industry:Aviation
A unit of length, weight, voltage, capacitance, time, or other value that is compared with a primary standard to determine its accuracy. Secondary standards are working standards.
A clock, for example, is used as a secondary standard for measuring time, and it is calibrated by comparing it to the time signal transmitted by radio station WWV. In this example, the signal transmitted by station WWV is used as the primary standard.
Industry:Aviation
A unit of linear measurement in the English system. One statute mile is equal to 5,280 feet, or
1.609 kilometers.
Industry:Aviation
A unit of liquid measurement used in the United Kingdom. One Imperial gallon is the volume occupied by ten pounds of pure water under specified conditions of temperature and pressure. One imperial gallon is equal to 277.4 cubic inches, 4.55 liters, or 1.201 U.S. gallons.
Industry:Aviation
A unit of liquid measurement used in the United States of America. One U.S. gallon is equal to 231 cubic inches, 128 fluid ounces, 3.785 liters, or 0.832 imperial gallon.
Industry:Aviation
A unit of liquid measurement. One pint is equal to 1/8 U.S. gallon, 28 7/8 cubic inches, or approximately 4.73 x 10-4 cubic meters.
Industry:Aviation
A unit of liquid volume which is equal to 1/16-liquid pint, or 1.8 cubic inches.
Industry:Aviation
A unit of magnetic intensity in the centimeter-gram-second system of measurement. One oersted is the amount of magnetic intensity equal to one gilbert per square centimeter, and this is 79.577 ampere-turns per meter.
Industry:Aviation
A unit of magnetomotive force. One gilbert is equal to the force produced by an electromagnet of 0.7957 ampere-turn. The constant 0.7957 is found by dividing 10 by 4 π.
Industry:Aviation
